Inkwell base



Sept. 8, 1936. CRANDALL ET AL I 2,053,517

INKWELL BASE Filed Jan. 10, 1956 I IN VENT'OPS:

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/ ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 8, 1936 1 UNITEDSTATES PATENT oFFicE INKWELL BASE Loid Crandall, John W. Davis, and Lorentz J. Lindquist, Los Angeles, Calif., assignors to Harry A. Morgan, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application January 10, 1936, Serial No. 58,513

' 4 Claims. (01.12043) This invention relates to a base for ink wells, with the bottom wall 5. Carried on the wall 6 lamps, telephones and the like and more parand extending outwardly and downwardly ticularly pertains to a cushion or pad bearing therefrom is a rim 1 having an inturned martherefore. ginal flange 8 on its lower edge which extends It has heretofore been the practice in forming toward the outer margin of the flange 4 and 5 cushioned bearing faces for the bases of ink terminates in spaced relation thereto on a plane wells and other devices, such as lamps, teleslightly beneath the plane of the under side of phones, and the like, to equip such base with a the flange 4. As here shown the rim 1 is held cushion the margin of which is exposed to view in place on the-wall 6 by a cap 9 having screw 10 around the rim of the base, thus materially dethreads l0 screwed into engagement with the 10 tracting from the appearance of the latter. The inner; periphery of the wall 6; the cap 9 being present invention contemplates the provision of formed with a flange H arranged to overlie a a demountable resilient pad for the under side flange I2 on the upper edge of the rim 1 to clamp of a base or pedestal the margin of which will the flange I2 in relation to the upper margin of be concealed under a rim on the base in such the wall 6. 15 fashion as to give the appearance of the base A pad B formed of resilient sheet material resting on such rim. such as rubber or rubber composition is formed A particular object of the invention is to proto extend over the under side of the bottom vide a base pad having the desirable feature of wall 5 and is provided with a channel M of recconcealment as above pointed out which is so tangular cross section adapted to receive the 20 formed in conjunction with the base as to be flange 4 in frictional engagement therewith. The' readily assembled on the latter and whereby the pad B is formed of such thickness that when pad may be easily removed and replaced. applied its underside will protrude slightly be- Another object is to provide a base with a low the lower face of the flange 8 on the rim 1 bottom facing of sheet resilient material, such and formed on the margin of the pad B is a 25 as rubber or rubber composition, embodying a lip I5 which is extend-ed upwardly over the inner construction whereby the facing may be aflixed margin of the flange 8 to overlie the latter as to the base by frictional engagement therewith particularly shown in Fig. 2, thus concealing the and the edge of the facing shielded. margin of the pad.

With the foregoing objects in view together The under side of the pad is formed with ribs 30 with such other objects and advantages as may I6 for frictional engagement with the surface subsequently appear the invention resides in the on which the base is supported. parts and in the combination, construction and The pad B being resilient and flexible is arrangement of parts hereinafter described and adapted to be readily applied to the base A which claimed, and illustrated by way of example in is effected by pressing the marginal portion of 35 the accompanying drawing in which: the pad through the space between the flanges Fig. 1 is a view of an ink well as seen in side 4 and 8 and forcing the flange 4 into engageelevation showing the invention as applied: ment with the channel M which latter is formed Fig. 2 is a detail in section taken on the line of a cross section slightly less in width than 2-2 of Fig. 1: that of the flange 4 so as to require slight ex- 40 Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the base with panding of the channel M to receive the flange portions broken away. 4 and whereby the side walls of the channel [4 Referring to the drawing more specifically, A will be placed under tension and will securely indicates generally a base which is here shown grip the side walls of the flange 4.

as comprising the base of an ink well, but which Manifestly the pad B may be readily removed 5 m e y may constitute the base of a p, and replaced and when mounted on the base will telephone, vase, tray r her object. The base be practically concealed. is also shown as cyl r but m nifestly may We claim: be of any other contour. 1. In a base for ink wells and the like, a bot- In carryi o the nv on t e b e is torn wall formed with a downwardly extending 50 formed with a downwardly extending arginal marginal flange, a rim having an inturned marflange 4 of rectangular cross section; the flange ginal flange having its inner edge spaced from being here shown as protruding downwardly the outer margin of the flange on said bottom from a bottom wall 5 and projecting outwardly wall, and a resilient pad extending over the from an upst n n marginal W 5 ral underside of said bottom wall provided with a 55 channel in which the flange on the bottom wall is engaged and having a marginal lip extending upwardly over the inner margin of the rim flange.

2. In a base for ink wells and the like, a bottom wall formed with a downwardly extending marginal flange, an upstanding marginal wall on said bottom wall, a rim carried by said marginal wall having an inturned flange spaced from the outer margin of the flange on said bottom wall, and a resilient pad extending over the underside of said bottom wall provided with a channel in which the flange on the bottom wall is engaged and having marginal lip extending over the inner margin of the rim flange.

3. In a base for ink wells and the like, a bottom wall formed with a downwardly extending marginal flange, an upstanding marginal wall on said bottom wall, a rim carried by said marginal wall having an inturned flange spaced from the outer margin of the flange on said bottom wall, a resilient pad extending over the underside of said bottom wall provided with a channel in which the flange on the bottom wall is engaged and having a marginal lip extending 5 over the inner margin of the rim flange, and a cap affixed to said marginal wall having a flange over-lying the upper margin of said rim and clamping the latter on said wall;

4. In a base for ink wells and the like, a re- 1 silient pad formed with a marginal lip and having a continuous channel on its upper face extending contiguous said lip, means engaging said channel to hold said pad, and means engaging said lip extending over and under the 15 margin thereof to conceal the edge of said pad.

LOID CRANDALL. JOHN W. DAVIS. LORENTZ J. LINDQUIST. 

